Samsung Galaxy S4: How to Enable and Use Auto Correct in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

By default, Samsung Galaxy SIV provides the user with the Samsung keyboard to facilitate them when they're using apps that require them to enter text, for instance when they're composing a text message in the Messaging app. This keyboard is equipped with some features that will make your typing activities become easier, one of which is the auto correct feature. By using this feature, you'll be helped to write well and correct because the device will give you some suggestion words based on your input so that you can select one of them to correct or complete your word manually. However, if you don't like correcting your word manually, you can set your phone to correct or complete your word automatically when you tap the space bar or other punctuation marks.

How to enable and customize the auto correct feature?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. On any screen, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap to go to the settings menu.
2. Tap My device tab.
3. Scroll down to the Language and input and then tap it.
4. If necessary, tap Default and then select Samsung keyboard.
5. Tap in the right side of the Samsung keyboard to open up the Samsung keyboard settings.
6. Slide the ON/OFF switch next to Predictive text to the right to enable this option. When this option is enabled, the device will display some suggestion words based on your input. While the predictive text option is enabled, you can do the following customization:
• Tap Predictive text.
• If necessary, enable Live word update to make the device automatically updates with popular new words everyday.
• If necesary, enable Personalized data to make the device use the personal language data that you have entered to make the prediction result better.
• If necessary, tap Learn from Facebook. When you have logged in to your Facebook, tap this option again to let the device learns your Facebook style to personalized the keyboard.
• If necessary, tap Learn from Gmail. When you have logged in to your Gmail account, tap this option again to let the device learns your Gmail style to personalized the keyboard.
• If necessary, tap Learn from Twitter. When you have logged in to your Twitter, tap this option again to let the device learns your Twitter style to personalized the keyboard.
• If necessary, tap Learn from Messages to let the device learns your Messages style to personalized the keyboard.
• If necessary, tap Learn from Contacts to let the device learns your Contacts style to personalized the keyboard.
• If necessary, you can remove all personalized data you have entered by tapping Clear personalized data and then tap OK button.
7. If necessary, you can also enable Auto replacement by sliding the ON/OFF switch next to this option to the right. When this option is enabled, the phone will auto replace misspelled or incomplete word you're typing with the most probable word when you tap the space bar or a punctuation mark.

How to use the auto correct feature?
If the auto correct feature is enabled, you can use it to help you to type better in any application that requires you to enter text. See the following steps as the example on how to use auto correct while composing a new text message:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap to compose a new text message.
3. Tap the enter message field to display the keyboard.
4. Using auto correct:
   I. If you only enable predictive text:
• Type a word and you'll see some suggestion words above the keyboard.
• Tap to see more suggestion words and then tap the desired suggestion word to correct or complete your word manually.
II. If you enable predictive text and auto replacement:
• Type a word and you'll see some suggestion words above the keyboard.
• If the highlighted word in the suggestion bar is the word you want to type, tap the space bar or a punctuation mark to let the device replaces your word with that highlighted word.
• If the highlighted word is not the word you want to type, tap to see more suggestion words and then tap the desired suggestion word to correct or complete your word manually.
5. Adding a new word to the suggestion bar:
   When you have enabled Personalized data in the predictive text option, you can add a new word so that when you type the word it will be displayed in the suggestion bar by using the following steps:
• Type a new word.
• Tap to see more suggestion words and then tap your new word.
• The new word has been added.
6. Removing a word from the suggestion bar:
   If necessary, you can remove unused or unwanted word from suggestion bar by using the following steps:
• When you're typing a word, you'll see some suggestion words above the keyboard.
• If necessary, tap to see more suggestion words.
• Long tap the required word in the suggestion bar you want to remove.
• Tap OK button.
• The selected word will be removed.

As a note, if you usually use your own word or language when typing, you can make the auto correct feature works better by enabling the Personalized data and periodically update your words from available sources (Messages, Facebook, Gmail, etc) to let your device learns with the words that you usually use in those apps.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable or Disable Text Message Preview in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Aside from letting you send messages, the stock Messaging app also lets you to receive messages. By default, when a message is received, you'll be notified with message tone and the notification which will tell you that you have a new message. However, if you want to be able to read the incoming messages with more easily and quickly, you can set your phone to show the sender's name and the content of the received message in the lock screen, on the status bar and in the notification panel so that you can know who's the sender and what's the content of the message without having to open the Messaging app first.

How to show or hide text message preview?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional menu and then select Settings.
3. Scroll down to find Notifications and then tap it.
4. If Notifications is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to enable it.
5. Depending on your current settings, tap Lock screen to enable or disable this option. When the box next to this option is checked means the preview message(the sender's name and the body of message) will be displayed in the lock screen when a new message is received.
6. Depending on your current settings, tap Status bar to enable or disable this option. When the box next to this option is checked means the preview message(the sender's name and the body of message) will be displayed on the status bar and in the notification panel when a new message is received.
7. If the preview message is enabled, when a message is received, you'll see the preview in the lock screen, on the status bar and in the notification panel. You can tap the preview to open up the message in the stock Messaging app.

Given the function, this feature will be useful for those of you who want to be able to know who's the sender and what's the content of the message easily and quickly without having to open the Messaging app first, even when the screen is locked. But, this feature will also make others know your messages with ease thus if you like to keep your messages remain private or if you often receive messages contain with sensitive or important message, then you'd better hide the text message preview so that your phone will only notify you that you have a new message without displaying the sender and the content of the message. So, how about you? Do you prefer to show or hide the preview of your incoming message?

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable and Use Delay Message Sending in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Have you ever sent a wrong message? Or, have you ever sent a message to a wrong contact? Well, it could be worse if the message contains with the sensitive or important message, but you don't need to worry because the stock Messaging app in the Samsung Galaxy S5 has a feature called delay message sending. This feature will let the phone delays the sending of your message so that the message can be cancelled if needed. If this feature is enabled, the cancel button will be shown for a specified time after you tap the send button to send the message.

How to enable or disable the delay message sending feature?
Since this feature is not enabled by default thus you have to enable it manually by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Scroll down to find Delay message sending and then tap it.
4. If the delay message sending is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to enable this option. When the switch is on the right side or shows green means the delay message sending is enabled.
5. If necessary, you can adjust the delay time by tapping Set delay time and then select from the following options:
• 3 seconds: select this option if you want the device waits for 3 seconds before sending messages after you tap the send button. This option is enabled by default.
• 5 seconds: select this option if you want the device waits for 5 seconds before sending messages after you tap the send button.
• 10 seconds: select this option if you want the device waits for 10 seconds before sending messages after you tap the send button.
• 20 seconds: select this option if you want the device waits for 20 seconds before sending messages after you tap the send button.
• 30 seconds: select this option if you want the device waits for 30 seconds before sending messages after you tap the send button.

How to use the delay message sending feature?
With this feature is enabled, when you have finished composing your message and then tap the send button, you'll see the cancel button in the left side of the message. If needed, you can cancel the sending of your message by tapping the cancel button . If you don't tap the cancel button and the selected delay time is over, the message will be sent automatically.


Actually, the delay message sending feature is not a new feature. You may have ever seen or used this feature in other third-party Messaging apps, but it's nice to find this feature in the stock Messaging app. So, how about you? Do you use this feature?

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Block Unwanted or Unknown Messages in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Have you ever wanted to stop an unwanted person to send you a text message? Or, have you ever wanted to stop receiving marketing SMS messages? If that so, you can block all of the unwanted messages by enabling the spam filter feature. This feature lets you block the message from specific phone numbers or unknown senders as well as lets you block messages contain with specific phrases. When a spam message is received, you won't be notified (either with message tone or notification on the status bar) and the message will be redirected to the spam messages folder so that your conversation will be clean from those unwanted or unknown messages.

How to block unwanted messages from specific phone numbers?
You can block specific phone numbers to send you a message by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Scroll down to find Spam filter and then tap it.
4. If the spam filter is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to enable it. When the switch is on the right side or shows green means the spam filter is enabled.
5. Tap Add to spam numbers.
6. Add a phone number to the spam list:
• Tap .
• Enter the phone number in the enter number field or tap to select a contact from call logs or Contacts app.
• If necessary, you can change the criteria by tapping Match criteria and then select from the following options:
1. Exactly the same as: this option is enabled by default. Select this option to block the phone number which is exactly the same as the phone number you have entered in the enter number field.
2. Starts with: select this option to block all the phone numbers that are started with the number you have entered in the enter number field.
3. Ends with: select this option to block all the phone numbers that are ended with the number you have entered in the enter number field.
4. Includes: select this option to block all the phone numbers contain with the number you have entered in the enter number field.
• Tap Save button.
• The entered phone number will be added to the spam list and all of the messages from this number will be blocked.
7. Remove a phone number from the spam list:
• Long tap a blocked number to select it.
• Tap .
• Tap OK button.
• The selected phone number will be deleted from the spam list.

How to block unwanted messages contain with specific phrases?
You may notice that spam messages(e.g: marketing SMS messages) sometimes contain with the same phrases. So, instead of blocking the phone number, you can block the phrases so that all messages contain with the those phrases will be blocked. You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap and then select Settings.
3. Scroll down to find Spam filter and then tap it.
4. If the spam filter is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to enable it.
5. Tap Add to spam phrases.
6. Add a phrase to the spam list:
• Tap .
• Enter the required phrase you want to block. You can enter the phrase up to 32 characters.
• Tap Save button.
• Tap OK button.
• The entered phrase will be added to the spam list and all messages contains with this phrase will be blocked.
7. Remove a phrase from the spam list:
• Long tap a blocked phrase to select it.
• Tap .
• Tap OK button.
• The selected phrase will be removed from the spam list.

How to block text messages from unknown senders?
If you only want to receive messages from contacts that you have added to the Contacts app, then you can block all messages from unknown senders by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap and then select Settings.
3. Scroll down to find Spam filter and then tap it.
4. If the spam filter is off, tap the ON/OFF switch to enable it.
5. Check the box next to Block unknown messages to enable this option.
6. All of messages from contacts that have not been added to the Contacts app will be blocked.

How to view spam messages?
You can display all of the blocked messages by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap and then select Spam messages.
3. All blocked messages will be displayed here. If necessary, you can read or even delete blocked messages from here.

As a note, though the spam filter feature only redirects blocked messages to the spam folder instead of delete them, at least by using this feature you won't be disturbed with the notification from the unwanted or unknown messages and you won't see them in your conversations list either.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Send and Customize Scheduled Messages in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to send a message but it was impossible for you to send the message at that time manually? As the example, when you want to send your friend a birthday message in the middle of the night but it's hard for you to stay awake just to send the message. If that so, you may have to try scheduling your message, you can write your message during the day and let your phone sends the message automatically at the middle of the night without you have to awake and do it manually.

How to send a scheduled message?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap to compose a new message.
3. Enter the contact's name or phone number in the enter recipients field or tap to select contacts from Contacts app.
4. Enter your message in the enter message field.
5. If necessary, you can insert emoji into your message by tapping and then select the required emoji you want to use.
6. Tap and then select Schedule message.
7. Set the desired date and time you want the message you're composing will be sent and then tap Done button.
8. Tap .
9. The message will be scheduled and it will be sent automatically in the specified date and time. When you see the message in the conversation, it will be labelled with .

How to customize scheduled messages?
Before a scheduled message is sent, you can do some customizations, for instance deleting a scheduled message or changing the date and time of a scheduled message, etc. You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap and then select Scheduled messages. All scheduled messages will be displayed here.
3. Delete a scheduled message:
   If necessary, you can cancel a scheduled message by deleting the required message by using the following steps:
• Long tap the required message to select it.
• Tap .
• Tap OK button.
• The selected message will be deleted.
4. Edit a scheduled message:
   If necessary, you can edit your message according to your need by using the following steps:
• Long tap the required message to select it.
• Tap and then select Edit message.
• You can edit your message now (the recipient number, the message or the date and time).
• Tap .
• The message has been edited and will be scheduled to be sent in the specified date and time.
5. Send a scheduled message manually:
   If necessary, you can send a scheduled message manually by using the following steps:
• Long tap the required message to select it.
• Tap .
• The selected message will be sent right now regardless the date and time you have specified before.

Given the function, scheduled messages will be able to help you send messages when you may be hard to send the messages manually. Also, please note that when it comes to send a scheduled message but the device is turned off or the network is unstable, the message will not be sent. So, how about you? Have you ever scheduled your messages?

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Enable and Use Priority Senders in Messaging App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

Have you ever wasted your time just to find a conversation from particular contact because you had a lot of conversations in Messaging app? Well, though this app has the search function, but some of you may not really like using this feature and prefer to scroll up or down the screen to find a conversation. If that so, you can save yourself and your time by utilizing the priority senders feature. This feature lets you set contacts as priority contacts and display their contacts icon to open up the conversations in the priority senders list so that you can reach them with more easily and quickly, no matter how many conversations you have.

How to enable or disable the priority senders feature in Messaging app?
You can do so by using the following steps:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Depending on your current settings, tap Priority senders to enable or disable this option. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means the priority senders feature is enabled and it will be displayed above the conversations list.

How to use the priority senders feature in Messaging app?
If the priority senders is enabled, then you can add contacts to the priority senders list (or delete them if needed) as well as rearrange the contacts so that you can be easier to reach their messages. See the following steps to use the priority senders feature in Messaging app:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Add contacts to the priority senders list.
   You can add up to 25 contacts to the priority senders list by using the following steps:
• Tap to add contacts to the priority senders.
• Tap Inbox to add contacts that have ever sent you messages to the priority senders or tap Contacts to add contacts from the Contacts app to the priority senders.
• Select the required contacts and then tap Done button.
• The selected contacts will be added to the priority senders list and they will be displayed above the conversations list.
3. Remove contacts from the priority senders list.
   If necessary, you can remove contacts from the priority senders list by using the following steps:
• Long tap a contact in the priority senders list.
• Tap Edit list of priority senders,
• Tap on the required contacts you want to remove from the list.
• Tap Done button to save the changes.
4. Rearrange the contacts in the priority senders list.
   If necessary, you can also change the contacts position in the priority senders list by using the following steps:
• Long tap a contact in the priority senders list.
• Tap Edit list of priority senders.
• Tap and hold a contact and then drag it to the required position.
• Release to place the contact in the new position.
• Tap Done button to save the changes.

When you have added some contacts to the priority senders, you can easily and quickly reach them to send a message or read/reply/forward a message simply by tapping the contact icon in the priority senders list. Therefore, this feature will be more useful if you add your important/favourite contacts to the priority senders so that you can save your time by skipping the scroll up/down the screen section just to find the conversation.

Samsung Galaxy S5: How to Change Font Size in Messaging App in Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

By default, the Messaging app displays all conversations and messages using the font with medium size. In case you have accidentally changed the font size or if you feel that the font size makes you hard for reading, then you can easily adjust the font size according to your need so that you'll be easier to read the messages.


How to adjust the font size in Messaging app?
There are two methods available that can be used to increase or decrease the font size in the Messaging app, either by using the Volume key or the font size option.

Method #1: Using the Volume key
This method lets you adjust the font size in Messaging app easily by using the Volume up or Volume down keys. But you have to remember that this method won't work while you're playing music with the Music player app. See the following steps to enable and use the Volume key to adjust the font size:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options and then select Settings.
3. Tap Display.
4. Check the box in the right side of the Change font size to enable this option and let you adjust the font size using the Volume key.
5. Now, while you're composing a new message or viewing conversations or opening a conversation to read/reply/forward a message, you can use the Volume up key to increase the font size or the Volume down key to decrease the font size.

Method #2: Using the font size option
This option is available when you're composing a new message, viewing conversations or opening a conversation to read/reply/forwarding a text message. As the example, we'll try to adjust the font size using the font size option while reading a text message:

1. Open Messaging app.
2. Tap a conversation.
3. Tap or long press the Recent apps key to open up the additional options, scroll down the screen and then select Font size.
4. Select the font size from the following options:
• Use device font sizes: select this option to change the font size based on the font size that is being used by your phone.
• Tiny
• Extra small
• Small
• Medium
• Large
• Extra large
• Huge
5. The selected font size will be applied to all of the messages.

As a note, when you have adjusted the font size either by using the Volume key or the font size option, it won't change until you re-adjust the font size or reset the Messaging app settings or clear the data.